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[40/81] [abbrv] [partial] zest-java git commit: ZEST-195 ; Replace all "zest" with "polygene"

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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.polygene.api.service.importer;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.injection.scope.Structure;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.service.ImportedServiceDescriptor;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.service.ServiceImporter;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.service.ServiceImporterException;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.structure.Application;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.structure.Layer;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.structure.Module;
+
+/**
+ * Return a predefined service instance that was provided as meta-info. Search for meta-info in the following order:
+ * the service itself, the module of the service, the layer of the service, the whole application.
+ */
+public final class InstanceImporter<T>
+    implements ServiceImporter<T>
+{
+    @Structure
+    private Application application;
+
+    @Structure
+    private Layer layer;
+
+    @Structure
+    private Module module;
+
+    @Override
+    public T importService( final ImportedServiceDescriptor serviceDescriptor )
+        throws ServiceImporterException
+    {
+        return Stream.of( serviceDescriptor, module, layer, application )
+            .flatMap( holder -> serviceDescriptor.types().map( type -> (T) holder.metaInfo( type ) ) )
+            .filter( Objects::nonNull )
+            .findFirst().orElse( null );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isAvailable( T instance )
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.polygene.api.service.importer;
+
+import org.apache.polygene.api.injection.scope.Structure;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.object.ObjectFactory;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.service.ImportedServiceDescriptor;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.service.ServiceImporter;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.service.ServiceImporterException;
+
+/**
+ * Import Services using a new registered Object instance.
+ */
+public final class NewObjectImporter<T>
+    implements ServiceImporter<T>
+{
+    @Structure
+    private ObjectFactory obf;
+
+    @Override
+    @SuppressWarnings( "unchecked" )
+    public T importService( ImportedServiceDescriptor serviceDescriptor )
+        throws ServiceImporterException
+    {
+        return obf.newObject( (Class<T>) serviceDescriptor.types().findFirst().orElse( null ));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isAvailable( T instance )
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+}
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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.polygene.api.service.importer;
+
+import org.apache.polygene.api.identity.Identity;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.injection.scope.Structure;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.service.ImportedServiceDescriptor;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.service.ServiceFinder;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.service.ServiceImporter;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.service.ServiceImporterException;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.service.ServiceReference;
+
+/**
+ * Use a registered service that implements ServiceImporter to do the actual
+ * import. The service id of the service that this importer should delegate to must
+ * be set as meta-info on this service. Example:
+ * <pre><code>
+ * module.services(MyServiceImporterService.class).identifiedBy("someid");
+ * module.importedServices(OtherService.class).importedBy(ServiceInstanceImporter.class).setMetaInfo("someid");
+ * </code></pre>
+ */
+public class ServiceInstanceImporter<T>
+    implements ServiceImporter<T>
+{
+    @Structure
+    ServiceFinder finder;
+
+    ServiceImporter<T> service;
+
+    Identity serviceId;
+
+    @Override
+    public T importService( ImportedServiceDescriptor importedServiceDescriptor )
+        throws ServiceImporterException
+    {
+        serviceId = importedServiceDescriptor.metaInfo( Identity.class );
+
+        return serviceImporter().importService( importedServiceDescriptor );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isAvailable( T instance )
+    {
+        return serviceImporter().isAvailable( instance );
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings( {"raw", "unchecked"} )
+    private ServiceImporter<T> serviceImporter()
+    {
+        if( service == null )
+        {
+            service = finder.findServices( ServiceImporter.class )
+                            .filter( ref -> ref.identity().equals( serviceId ) )
+                            .findFirst().map( ServiceReference::get )
+                            .orElseThrow( () -> new ServiceImporterException(
+                                "No service importer with id '" + serviceId + "' was found" )
+                            );
+        }
+        return service;
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.polygene.api.service.importer;
+
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.injection.scope.Structure;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.service.Availability;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.service.ImportedServiceDescriptor;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.service.ServiceFinder;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.service.ServiceImporter;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.service.ServiceImporterException;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.service.ServiceReference;
+
+/**
+ * If several services are available with a given type, and you want to constrain
+ * the current module to use a specific one, then use this importer. Specify a
+ * Specification&lt;ServiceReference&lt;T&gt;&gt; criteria as meta-info for the service, which will be applied
+ * to the list of available services, and the first match will be chosen.
+ *
+ * This importer will avoid selecting itself, as could be possible if the ServiceQualifier.first()
+ * filter is used.
+ */
+public final class ServiceSelectorImporter<T>
+    implements ServiceImporter<T>
+{
+    @Structure
+    private ServiceFinder locator;
+
+    @Override
+    @SuppressWarnings( { "raw", "unchecked" } )
+    public T importService( ImportedServiceDescriptor serviceDescriptor )
+        throws ServiceImporterException
+    {
+        Predicate<ServiceReference<?>> selector = serviceDescriptor.metaInfo( Predicate.class );
+        Class serviceType = serviceDescriptor.types().findFirst().orElse( null );
+
+        Stream<ServiceReference<T>> services = locator.findServices( serviceType );
+        Predicate<ServiceReference<T>> filter = ref ->
+        {
+            Predicate selector1 = ref.metaInfo( Predicate.class );
+            return selector1 == null || selector == selector1;
+        };
+        return services.filter( filter.and( selector ) )
+                       .findFirst().map( ServiceReference::get )
+                       .orElseThrow(
+                           () -> new ServiceImporterException(
+                               "Could not find any service to import that matches the given specification for "
+                               + serviceDescriptor.identity() ) );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isAvailable( T instance )
+    {
+        return !( instance instanceof Availability ) || ( (Availability) instance ).isAvailable();
+    }
+}

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+<!--
+  ~  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~  distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~  limitations under the License.
+  ~
+  ~
+  -->
+<html>
+    <body>
+        <h2>Service Importers.</h2>
+    </body>
+</html>

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+<!--
+  ~  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~  distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~  limitations under the License.
+  ~
+  ~
+  -->
+<html>
+    <body>
+        <h2>Service API.</h2>
+    </body>
+</html>

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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.polygene.api.service.qualifier;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.service.ServiceReference;
+
+/**
+ * Filter services based on whether they are active or not.
+ * <p>
+ * At an injection point you can do this:
+ * </p>
+ * <pre><code>
+ * &#64;Service &#64;Active MyService service;
+ * </code></pre>
+ * <p>
+ * to get only a service that is currently active.
+ * </p>
+ */
+@Retention( RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME )
+@Qualifier( Active.ActiveQualifier.class )
+public @interface Active
+{
+    /**
+     * Active Annotation Qualifier.
+     * See {@link Active}.
+     */
+    public final class ActiveQualifier
+        implements AnnotationQualifier<Active>
+    {
+        @Override
+        public <T> Predicate<ServiceReference<?>> qualifier( Active active )
+        {
+            return ServiceQualifier.whereActive();
+        }
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.polygene.api.service.qualifier;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.service.ServiceReference;
+
+/**
+ * Constructs a Specification for a given qualifier annotation
+ */
+public interface AnnotationQualifier<QUALIFIER extends Annotation>
+{
+    public <T> Predicate<ServiceReference<?>> qualifier( QUALIFIER qualifier );
+}

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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.polygene.api.service.qualifier;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.service.ServiceReference;
+
+/**
+ * Filter services based on whether they are available or not.
+ *
+ * At an injection point you can do this:
+ *
+ * <pre><code>
+ * &#64;Service &#64;Available MyService service;
+ * </code></pre>
+ * to get only a service that is currently available.
+ */
+@Retention( RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME )
+@Qualifier( Available.AvailableQualifier.class )
+public @interface Available
+{
+    /**
+     * Available Annotation Qualifier.
+     * See {@link Available}.
+     */
+    public final class AvailableQualifier
+        implements AnnotationQualifier<Available>
+    {
+        @Override
+        public <T> Predicate<ServiceReference<?>> qualifier( Available active )
+        {
+            return ServiceQualifier.whereAvailable();
+        }
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.polygene.api.service.qualifier;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.service.ServiceReference;
+
+/**
+ * Filter services based on Meta Info being declared on the Service.
+ * <p>
+ * Meta Info of any type can be set on the service during assembly, e.g.;
+ * </p>
+ * <pre><code>
+ * module.addService( MyService.class ).setMetaInfo( new MyCustomInfo(someData) );
+ * </code></pre>
+ * <p>
+ * and then at an injection point you can do this:
+ * </p>
+ * <pre><code>
+ * &#64;Service &#64;HasMetaInfo(MyCustomInfo.class) MyService service;
+ * </code></pre>
+ * <p>
+ * to get only a service that has a MyCustomInfo instance set as meta info.
+ * </p>
+ */
+@Retention( RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME )
+@Qualifier( HasMetaInfo.HasMetaInfoQualifier.class )
+@Documented
+public @interface HasMetaInfo
+{
+    /**
+     * The Class(es) needed to have been defined in the Service meta info for a qualifier to evaluate true.
+     *
+     * @return One or more classes that should be defined in the service's meta info for the service to be considered
+     *         qualified. If more than one class is defined, the {@code anded()} parameter will define if they must be
+     *         AND'ed or OR'ed together.
+     */
+    Class[] value();
+
+    /**
+     * True if the Classes defined in the value() field should be AND'ed instead of OR'ed.
+     *
+     * @return If true, all the Class types defined in {@code value()} must be defined for the service for it to be
+     *         qualified. If false, if any of the Class types defined in {@code value()} is defined for the service
+     *         the service is qualified.
+     */
+    boolean anded() default false;
+
+    /**
+     * HasMetaInfo Annotation Qualifier.
+     * See {@link HasMetaInfo}.
+     */
+    public static class HasMetaInfoQualifier
+        implements AnnotationQualifier<HasMetaInfo>
+    {
+        @Override
+        public <T> Predicate<ServiceReference<?>> qualifier( final HasMetaInfo hasMetaInfo )
+        {
+            return new Predicate<ServiceReference<?>>()
+            {
+                @Override
+                @SuppressWarnings( {"raw", "unchecked"} )
+                public boolean test( ServiceReference<?> service )
+                {
+                    for( Class metaInfoType : hasMetaInfo.value() )
+                    {
+                        Object metaInfo = service.metaInfo( metaInfoType );
+                        if( hasMetaInfo.anded() )
+                        {
+                            if( metaInfo == null )
+                            {
+                                return false;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            if( metaInfo != null )
+                            {
+                                return true;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    return false;
+                }
+            };
+        }
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.polygene.api.service.qualifier;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.service.ServiceReference;
+
+/**
+ * Filter services based on identity. Identity can be set during assembly, like so:
+ * <pre><code>
+ * module.addService(MyService.class).identifiedBy("myservice1");
+ * </code></pre>
+ *
+ * and then at an injection point you can do this:
+ * <pre><code>
+ * &#64;Service @IdentifiedBy("myservice1") MyService service;
+ * </code></pre>
+ * to get only a service identified "myservice1".
+ */
+@Retention( RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME )
+@Qualifier( IdentifiedBy.IdentifiedByQualifier.class )
+public @interface IdentifiedBy
+{
+    public abstract String value();
+
+    /**
+     * IdentifiedBy Annotation Qualifier.
+     * See {@link IdentifiedBy}.
+     */
+    public final class IdentifiedByQualifier
+        implements AnnotationQualifier<IdentifiedBy>
+    {
+        @Override
+        public <T> Predicate<ServiceReference<?>> qualifier( IdentifiedBy identifiedBy )
+        {
+            return ServiceQualifier.withId( identifiedBy.value() );
+        }
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.polygene.api.service.qualifier;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+
+/**
+ * Annotation used to declare Qualifiers annotations.
+ */
+@Retention( RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME )
+public @interface Qualifier
+{
+    public abstract Class<? extends AnnotationQualifier> value();
+}

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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.polygene.api.service.qualifier;
+
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.service.ServiceReference;
+
+/**
+ * This class helps you select a particular service
+ * from a list.
+ * <p>
+ * Provide a Selector which does the actual
+ * selection from the list. A common case is to select
+ * based on reference of the service, which you can do this way:
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * <pre><code>
+ * new ServiceQualifier&lt;MyService&gt;(services, ServiceQualifier.withId("someId"))
+ * </code></pre>
+ * <p>
+ * Many selectors can be combined by using firstOf. Example:
+ * </p>
+ * <pre><code>
+ * new ServiceQualifier&lt;MyService&gt;(services, firstOf(withTags("sometag"), firstActive(), first()))
+ * </code></pre>
+ * <p>
+ * This will pick a service that has the tag "sometag", or if none is found take the first active one. If no
+ * service is active, then the first service will be picked.
+ * </p>
+ */
+public abstract class ServiceQualifier
+{
+    public static Predicate<ServiceReference<?>> withId( final String anId )
+    {
+        return new Predicate<ServiceReference<?>>()
+        {
+            @Override
+            public boolean test( ServiceReference<?> service )
+            {
+                return service.identity().toString().equals( anId );
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    public static Predicate<ServiceReference<?>> whereMetaInfoIs( final Object metaInfo )
+    {
+        return new Predicate<ServiceReference<?>>()
+        {
+            @Override
+            public boolean test( ServiceReference<?> service )
+            {
+                Object metaObject = service.metaInfo( metaInfo.getClass() );
+                return metaObject != null && metaInfo.equals( metaObject );
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    public static Predicate<ServiceReference<?>> whereActive()
+    {
+        return new Predicate<ServiceReference<?>>()
+        {
+            @Override
+            public boolean test( ServiceReference<?> service )
+            {
+                return service.isActive();
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    public static Predicate<ServiceReference<?>> whereAvailable()
+    {
+        return new Predicate<ServiceReference<?>>()
+        {
+            @Override
+            public boolean test( ServiceReference<?> service )
+            {
+                return service.isAvailable();
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    public static Predicate<ServiceReference<?>> withTags( final String... tags )
+    {
+        return new Predicate<ServiceReference<?>>()
+        {
+            @Override
+            public boolean test( ServiceReference<?> service )
+            {
+                ServiceTags serviceTags = service.metaInfo( ServiceTags.class );
+
+                return serviceTags != null && serviceTags.hasTags( tags );
+            }
+        };
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.polygene.api.service.qualifier;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/**
+ * Use this as metainfo about a Service to specify tags. Easiest way to set them on a service
+ * is to use the <code>ServiceDeclaration.taggedWith(String...)</code> method.
+ *
+ * These can be used in conjunction with the withTags() Service
+ * Selector.
+ */
+public final class ServiceTags
+    implements Serializable
+{
+    private String[] tags;
+
+    public ServiceTags( String... tags )
+    {
+        this.tags = tags;
+    }
+
+    public String[] tags()
+    {
+        return tags;
+    }
+
+    public boolean hasTag( String tag )
+    {
+        for( String serviceTag : tags )
+        {
+            if( serviceTag.equals( tag ) )
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public boolean hasTags( String... aTags )
+    {
+        for( String tag : aTags )
+        {
+            if( !hasTag( tag ) )
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.polygene.api.service.qualifier;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.service.ServiceReference;
+
+/**
+ * Filter services based on tags. Tags can be set using the ServiceTags meta-info, like so:
+ * <pre><code>
+ * module.addService(MyService.class).taggedWith(new ServiceTags("onetag","twotag"));
+ * </code></pre>
+ *
+ * and then at an injection point you can do this:
+ *
+ * <pre><code>
+ * &#64;Service &#64;Tagged("onetag") MyService service;
+ * </code></pre>
+ * to get only a service tagged with MyService. If several match only the first match is used.
+ */
+@Retention( RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME )
+@Qualifier( Tagged.TaggedQualifier.class )
+public @interface Tagged
+{
+    String[] value();
+
+    /**
+     * Tagged Annotation Qualifier.
+     * See {@link Tagged}.
+     */
+    final class TaggedQualifier
+        implements AnnotationQualifier<Tagged>
+    {
+        @Override
+        public Predicate<ServiceReference<?>> qualifier( Tagged tagged )
+        {
+            return ServiceQualifier.withTags( tagged.value() );
+        }
+    }
+}

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+<!--
+  ~  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~  distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~  limitations under the License.
+  ~
+  ~
+  -->
+<html>
+    <body>
+        <h2>Service Qualifiers.</h2>
+        <p>
+            The @Service injection is only able to specify the type of the service to be injected. If any other type of
+            qualification has to be done it has to be done manually but for common cases it's more convenient to use
+            annotations to do this filtering. This package contains annotations to perform this qualification.
+        </p>
+        <p>Example:</p>
+        <blockquote>
+            <pre>@Service @Tagged( "sometag" ) MyService service;</pre>
+        </blockquote>
+        <p>
+            This will only inject instances of MyService that have been tagged with "sometag". If none exist an
+            exception will occur at injection time since it is not optional.
+        </p>
+        <p>It also works with iterables:</p>
+        <blockquote>
+            <pre>@Service @Tagged( "sometag" ) Iterable&lt;MyService&gt; services;</pre>
+        </blockquote>
+        <p>
+            The qualification will be evaluated upon each call to iterator(), and since the qualifier has access to a
+            ServiceReference, which contains the isActive() method, it can even provide some dynamicity.
+        </p>
+        <blockquote>
+            <pre>@Service @Active Iterable&lt;SomeImportedService&gt; importedServices;</pre>
+        </blockquote>
+        <p>
+            Let's say these SomeImportedService are only sometimes available. Then whenever iterator() is called the
+            {@link org.apache.polygene.api.service.qualifier.Active} tag can kick in and filter out those whose
+            ServiceReference.isActive() returns false.
+        </p>
+        <p>Standard ones defined in the API are:</p>
+        <ul>
+            <li>{@link org.apache.polygene.api.service.qualifier.Active}</li>
+            <li>{@link org.apache.polygene.api.service.qualifier.Available}</li>
+            <li>{@link org.apache.polygene.api.service.qualifier.HasMetaInfo}</li>
+            <li>{@link org.apache.polygene.api.service.qualifier.IdentifiedBy}</li>
+            <li>{@link org.apache.polygene.api.service.qualifier.Tagged}</li>
+        </ul>
+        <p>See tests and API for more examples, and how to implement your own qualifiers.</p>
+    </body>
+</html>

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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.polygene.api.sideeffect;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+/**
+ * Base class for generic SideEffects.
+ */
+public abstract class GenericSideEffect
+    extends SideEffectOf<InvocationHandler>
+    implements InvocationHandler
+{
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public Object invoke( final Object proxy, final Method method, final Object[] args )
+        throws Throwable
+    {
+        invoke( method, args );
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Convenience method to be overridden by subclasses in order to avoid returning null, as returned value from side
+     * effects is not taken in consideration.
+     *
+     * @param method the method that was invoked
+     * @param args   the arguments of the method invocation
+     *
+     * @throws Throwable - the exception to throw from the method invocation on the proxy instance. The exception's type
+     *                   must be assignable either to any of the exception types declared in the throws clause of the
+     *                   interface method or to the unchecked exception types {code}java.lang.RuntimeException{code}
+     *                   or {code}java.lang.Error{code}. If a checked exception is thrown by this method that is not
+     *                   assignable to any of the exception types declared in the throws clause of the interface method,
+     *                   then an UndeclaredThrowableException containing the exception that was thrown by this method
+     *                   will be thrown by the method invocation on the proxy instance.
+     */
+    protected void invoke( final Method method, final Object[] args )
+        throws Throwable
+    {
+    }
+}
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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.polygene.api.sideeffect;
+
+/**
+ * SideEffect Descriptor.
+ */
+public interface SideEffectDescriptor
+{
+    Class<?> modifierClass();
+}

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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.polygene.api.sideeffect;
+
+import org.apache.polygene.api.sideeffect.internal.SideEffectFor;
+
+/**
+ * Base class for SideEffects. It introduces a typed "next" pointer
+ * that SideEffects can use to get the result of the original invocation.
+ * <p>
+ * Generic SideEffects should subclass {@link GenericSideEffect} instead.
+ * </p>
+ * <p>
+ * SideEffects implementations must be thread-safe in their implementation,
+ * as multiple threads may share instances.
+ * </p>
+ */
+public abstract class SideEffectOf<T>
+{
+    final
+    @SideEffectFor
+    protected T result = null;
+}

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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.polygene.api.sideeffect;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * This annotation is used by composites and mixins to declare what SideEffects
+ * should apply to the type or specific method.
+ */
+@Retention( RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME )
+@Target( { ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD } )
+@Documented
+public @interface SideEffects
+{
+    Class<?>[] value();
+}

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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.polygene.api.sideeffect;
+
+/**
+ * SideEffects Descriptor.
+ */
+public interface SideEffectsDescriptor
+{
+}

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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.polygene.api.sideeffect.internal;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.injection.InjectionScope;
+
+/**
+ * This annotation is required once in each SideEffect, to mark the
+ * field where the element providing the invocation result should be
+ * injected.
+ * <p>
+ * The type of the field must be of the same type as the SideEffect
+ * itself, or an InvocationHandler.
+ * </p>
+ * <p>
+ * Example;
+ * </p>
+ * <pre><code>
+ * public interface MyStuff
+ * {
+ *     SomeResult doSomething();
+ * }
+ *
+ * public class MyStuffSideEffect
+ *     implements MyStuff
+ * {
+ *     &#64;SideEffectFor MyStuff next;
+ *
+ *     public SomeResult doSomething()
+ *     {
+ *          SomeResult result = next.doSomething();
+ *
+ *         // HERE DO THE SIDEEFFECT STUFF.
+ *
+ *          return result; // Result value is ignored, null would work too.
+ *     }
+ * }
+ * </code></pre>
+ */
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target({ ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.PARAMETER })
+@Documented
+@InjectionScope
+public @interface SideEffectFor
+{
+}

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+<!--
+  ~  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~  distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~  limitations under the License.
+  ~
+  ~
+  -->
+<html>
+    <body>
+        <h1>Internal/Private package for the API.</h1>
+        <p>
+            This is an internal package, and no classes in this package is part of the API and compatibility
+            with these classes will not be attempted.
+        </p>
+    </body>
+</html>
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+<!--
+  ~  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  ~  distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  ~  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~  limitations under the License.
+  ~
+  ~
+  -->
+<html>
+    <body>
+        <h2>SideEffect API.</h2>
+    </body>
+</html>

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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.polygene.api.structure;
+
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.activation.Activation;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.activation.ActivationEventListenerRegistration;
+
+/**
+ * The Application represents a whole Polygene application.
+ */
+public interface Application
+    extends ActivationEventListenerRegistration, Activation, MetaInfoHolder
+{
+    /**
+     * Application modes.
+     */
+    public enum Mode
+    {
+        /**
+         * Should be used for unit test runs. Created files etc. should be cleaned up between runs.
+         */
+        test,
+        /**
+         * Should be used during development. Typically create in-memory databases etc.
+         */
+        development,
+        /**
+         * Should be used in QA environments, and other production-like settings where different set of external
+         * resources are utilized.
+         */
+        staging,
+        /**
+         * Should be used in production. All databases are persistent on disk etc.
+         */
+        production
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return Application name
+     */
+    String name();
+
+    /**
+     * The version of the application. This can be in any format, but
+     * most likely will follow the Dewey format, i.e. x.y.z.
+     *
+     * @return the version of the application
+     */
+    String version();
+
+    /**
+     * @return Application Mode
+     */
+    Mode mode();
+
+    /**
+     * Find a Layer.
+     *
+     * @param layerName Layer name
+     * @return Found Layer, never returns null
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if there's no such Layer
+     */
+    Layer findLayer( String layerName )
+        throws IllegalArgumentException;
+
+    /**
+     * Find a Module.
+     *
+     * @param layerName Layer name
+     * @param moduleName Module name
+     * @return Found Module, never returns null
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if there's no such Module
+     */
+    Module findModule( String layerName, String moduleName )
+        throws IllegalArgumentException;
+
+    /**
+     * @return Application Descriptor
+     */
+    ApplicationDescriptor descriptor();
+
+    Stream<? extends Layer> layers();
+}

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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.polygene.api.structure;
+
+import org.apache.polygene.api.PolygeneAPI;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.util.VisitableHierarchy;
+
+/**
+ * Application Descriptor.
+ */
+public interface ApplicationDescriptor
+    extends VisitableHierarchy<Object, Object>
+{
+    /**
+     * Create a new instance of the Application.
+     * @param runtime Polygene Runtime
+     * @param importedServiceInstances Imported Services instances
+     * @return a new instance of the Application.
+     */
+    Application newInstance( PolygeneAPI runtime, Object... importedServiceInstances );
+
+    /**
+     * @return the Application's name
+     */
+    String name();
+}

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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.polygene.api.structure;
+
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.activation.Activation;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.activation.ActivationEventListenerRegistration;
+
+/**
+ * The Layer represents a single layer in a Polygene application.
+ */
+public interface Layer
+    extends ActivationEventListenerRegistration, Activation, MetaInfoHolder
+{
+    /**
+     * @return the Layer's name
+     */
+    String name();
+
+    Application application();
+
+    Stream<? extends Module> modules();
+
+    LayerDescriptor descriptor();
+}

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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.polygene.api.structure;
+
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.common.Visibility;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.composite.ModelDescriptor;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.composite.TransientDescriptor;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.entity.EntityDescriptor;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.object.ObjectDescriptor;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.value.ValueDescriptor;
+
+/**
+ * Layer Descriptor.
+ */
+public interface LayerDescriptor
+{
+
+    /**
+     * @return the Layer's name
+     */
+    String name();
+
+    Layer instance();
+
+    /**
+     * @return Layers used by this Layer
+     */
+    UsedLayersDescriptor usedLayers();
+
+    Stream<? extends ObjectDescriptor> visibleObjects( Visibility visibility );
+
+    Stream<? extends TransientDescriptor> visibleTransients( Visibility visibility );
+
+    Stream<? extends EntityDescriptor> visibleEntities( Visibility visibility );
+
+    Stream<? extends ValueDescriptor> visibleValues( Visibility visibility );
+
+    Stream<? extends ModelDescriptor> visibleServices( Visibility visibility );
+}
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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.polygene.api.structure;
+
+/**
+ * MetaInfo holder.
+ */
+public interface MetaInfoHolder
+{
+
+    /**
+     * Get metadata that implements the given type.
+     * The info is registered during assembly of the application.
+     *
+     * @param infoType the type of metadata to be returned
+     *
+     * @return the metadata for the given type, or <code>null</code> if
+     *         no such metadata has been registered
+     */
+    <T> T metaInfo( Class<T> infoType );
+}

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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.polygene.api.structure;
+
+import org.apache.polygene.api.activation.ActivationEventListenerRegistration;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.composite.TransientBuilderFactory;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.injection.scope.Structure;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.object.ObjectFactory;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.query.QueryBuilderFactory;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.service.ServiceFinder;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.unitofwork.UnitOfWorkFactory;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.value.ValueBuilderFactory;
+
+/**
+ * API for interacting with a Module. Instances
+ * of this can be accessed by using the {@link Structure}
+ * injection scope.
+ */
+public interface Module
+    extends ActivationEventListenerRegistration,
+            MetaInfoHolder,
+            ObjectFactory,
+            TransientBuilderFactory,
+            ValueBuilderFactory,
+            QueryBuilderFactory,
+            ServiceFinder
+{
+
+    /**
+     * @return the Module's name
+     */
+    String name();
+
+    ModuleDescriptor descriptor();
+
+    /**
+     * @return the Layer that the Module is declared in.
+     */
+    LayerDescriptor layer();
+
+    /** Returns the TypeLookup for the Module.
+     * TypeLookup handles all the types visible from within this Module.
+     *
+     * @return TypeLookup for this Module
+     */
+    TypeLookup typeLookup();
+
+    /** Returns the UnitOfWorkFactory for this Module.
+     *
+     * @return the UnitOfWorkFactory of this Module.
+     */
+    UnitOfWorkFactory unitOfWorkFactory();
+
+    /** Returns the ServiceFinder for this Module.
+     *
+     * @return the ServiceFinder for this Module.
+     */
+    ServiceFinder serviceFinder();
+
+    /** Returns the ValueBuilderFactory for this Module.
+     *
+     * @return the ValueBuilderFactory for this Module.
+     */
+    ValueBuilderFactory valueBuilderFactory();
+
+    /** Returns the TransientBuilderFactory for this Module.
+     *
+     * @return the TransientBuilderFactory for this Module.
+     */
+    TransientBuilderFactory transientBuilderFactory();
+
+    /** Returns the ObjectFactory for this Module.
+     *
+     * @return the ObjectFactory for this Module.
+     */
+    ObjectFactory objectFactory();
+}

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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.polygene.api.structure;
+
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.composite.TransientDescriptor;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.entity.EntityDescriptor;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.object.ObjectDescriptor;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.service.ImportedServiceDescriptor;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.service.ServiceDescriptor;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.value.ValueDescriptor;
+
+/**
+ * Module Descriptor.
+ */
+public interface ModuleDescriptor
+{
+    String name();
+
+    LayerDescriptor layer();
+
+    /**
+     * @return the Module's ClassLoader
+     */
+    ClassLoader classLoader();
+
+    /**
+     * @param typeName name of a transient composite type
+     *
+     * @return the descriptor for a transient composite or null if the class could not be found or the transient composite is not visible
+     */
+    TransientDescriptor transientDescriptor( String typeName );
+
+    /**
+     * @param typeName name of an entity composite type
+     *
+     * @return the descriptor for an entity composite or null if the class could not be found or the entity composite is not visible
+     */
+    EntityDescriptor entityDescriptor( String typeName );
+
+    /**
+     * @param typeName name of an object type
+     *
+     * @return the descriptor for an object or null if the class could not be found or the object is not visible
+     */
+    ObjectDescriptor objectDescriptor( String typeName );
+
+    /**
+     * @param typeName name of a value composite type
+     *
+     * @return the descriptor for a value composite or null if the class could not be found or the value composite is not visible
+     */
+    ValueDescriptor valueDescriptor( String typeName );
+
+    Stream<? extends TransientDescriptor> findVisibleTransientTypes();
+
+    Stream<? extends ValueDescriptor> findVisibleValueTypes();
+
+    Stream<? extends EntityDescriptor> findVisibleEntityTypes();
+
+    Stream<? extends ObjectDescriptor> findVisibleObjectTypes();
+
+    Stream<? extends TransientDescriptor> transientComposites();
+
+    Stream<? extends ValueDescriptor> valueComposites();
+
+    Stream<? extends EntityDescriptor> entityComposites();
+
+    Stream<? extends ObjectDescriptor> objects();
+
+    Stream<? extends ImportedServiceDescriptor> importedServices();
+
+    Stream<? extends ServiceDescriptor> serviceComposites();
+
+    Module instance();
+
+    TypeLookup typeLookup();
+}

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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ *  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ *  distributed with this work for additional information
+ *  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ *  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.polygene.api.structure;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.composite.AmbiguousTypeException;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.composite.ModelDescriptor;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.composite.TransientDescriptor;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.entity.EntityDescriptor;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.object.ObjectDescriptor;
+import org.apache.polygene.api.value.ValueDescriptor;
+
+public interface TypeLookup
+{
+    /**
+     * Lookup first Object Model matching the given Type.
+     *
+     * <p>First, if Object Models exactly match the given type, the closest one (Visibility then Assembly order) is returned.
+     * Multiple <b>exact</b> matches with the same Visibility are <b>forbidden</b> and result in an AmbiguousTypeException.</p>
+     *
+     * <p>Second, if Object Models match a type assignable to the given type, the closest one (Visibility then Assembly order) is returned.
+     * Multiple <b>assignable</b> matches with the same Visibility are <b>forbidden</b> and result in an AmbiguousTypeException.</p>
+     *
+     * <p>Type lookup is done lazily and cached.</p>
+     *
+     * @param type Looked up Type
+     *
+     * @return First matching Object Model
+     * @throws AmbiguousTypeException when a type ambiguity is found
+     */
+    ObjectDescriptor lookupObjectModel( Class<?> type ) throws AmbiguousTypeException;
+
+    /**
+     * Lookup first Transient Model matching the given Type.
+     *
+     * <p>First, if Transient Models exactly match the given type, the closest one (Visibility then Assembly order) is returned.
+     * Multiple <b>exact</b> matches with the same Visibility are <b>forbidden</b> and result in an AmbiguousTypeException.</p>
+     *
+     * <p>Second, if Transient Models match a type assignable to the given type, the closest one (Visibility then Assembly order) is returned.
+     * Multiple <b>assignable</b> matches with the same Visibility are <b>forbidden</b> and result in an AmbiguousTypeException.</p>
+     *
+     * <p>Type lookup is done lazily and cached.</p>
+     *
+     * @param type Looked up Type
+     *
+     * @return First matching Transient Model
+     * @throws AmbiguousTypeException when a type ambiguity is found
+     */
+    TransientDescriptor lookupTransientModel( Class<?> type ) throws AmbiguousTypeException;
+
+    /**
+     * Lookup first Value Model matching the given Type.
+     *
+     * <p>First, if Value Models exactly match the given type, the closest one (Visibility then Assembly order) is returned.
+     * Multiple <b>exact</b> matches with the same Visibility are <b>forbidden</b> and result in an AmbiguousTypeException.</p>
+     *
+     * <p>Second, if Value Models match a type assignable to the given type, the closest one (Visibility then Assembly order) is returned.
+     * Multiple <b>assignable</b> matches with the same Visibility are <b>forbidden</b> and result in an AmbiguousTypeException.</p>
+     *
+     * <p>Type lookup is done lazily and cached.</p>
+     *
+     * @param type Looked up Type
+     *
+     * @return First matching Value Model
+     * @throws AmbiguousTypeException when a type ambiguity is found
+     */
+    ValueDescriptor lookupValueModel( Class<?> type ) throws AmbiguousTypeException;
+
+    /**
+     * Lookup first Entity Model matching the given Type.
+     *
+     * <p>First, if Entity Models exactly match the given type, the closest one (Visibility then Assembly order) is returned.
+     * Multiple <b>exact</b> matches with the same Visibility are <b>forbidden</b> and result in an AmbiguousTypeException.</p>
+     *
+     * <p>Second, if Entity Models match a type assignable to the given type, the closest one (Visibility then Assembly order) is returned.
+     * Multiple <b>assignable</b> matches with the same Visibility are <b>forbidden</b> and result in an AmbiguousTypeException.</p>
+     *
+     * <p>Type lookup is done lazily and cached.</p>
+     *
+     * <p><b>Should be used for creational use cases only.</b> For non-creational use cases see
+     * {@link #lookupEntityModels(Class)}.</p>
+     *
+     * @param type Looked up Type
+     *
+     * @return First matching Entity Model
+     * @throws AmbiguousTypeException when a type ambiguity is found
+     */
+    EntityDescriptor lookupEntityModel( Class<?> type ) throws AmbiguousTypeException;
+
+    /**
+     * Lookup all Entity Models matching the given Type.
+     *
+     * <p>Returned List contains, in order, Entity Models that: </p>
+     *
+     * <ul>
+     * <li>exactly match the given type, in Visibility then Assembly order ;</li>
+     * <li>match a type assignable to the given type, in Visibility then Assembly order.</li>
+     * </ul>
+     *
+     * <p>Multiple <b>exact</b> matches with the same Visibility are <b>forbidden</b> and result in an AmbiguousTypeException.</p>
+     * <p>Multiple <b>assignable</b> matches are <b>allowed</b> to enable polymorphic fetches and queries.</p>
+     *
+     * <p>Type lookup is done lazily and cached.</p>
+     *
+     * <p><b>Should be used for non-creational use cases only.</b> For creational use cases see
+     * {@link #lookupEntityModel(Class)}.</p>
+     *
+     * @param type Looked up Type
+     *
+     * @return All matching Entity Models
+     * @throws AmbiguousTypeException when a type ambiguity is found
+     */
+    List<EntityDescriptor> lookupEntityModels( Class<?> type ) throws AmbiguousTypeException;
+
+    /**
+     * Lookup first ServiceDescriptor/ImportedServiceDescriptor matching the given Type.
+     *
+     * <p>Type lookup is done lazily and cached.</p>
+     *
+     * <p>See {@link #lookupServiceModels(Type)}.</p>
+     *
+     * @param serviceType Looked up Type
+     *
+     * @return First matching Service
+     * @throws AmbiguousTypeException when a type ambiguity is found
+     */
+    ModelDescriptor lookupServiceModel( Type serviceType ) throws AmbiguousTypeException;
+
+    /**
+     * Lookup all ServiceDescriptors matching the given Type.
+     *
+     * <p>Returned List contains, in order, ServiceReferences that: </p>
+     *
+     * <ul>
+     * <li>exactly match the given type, in Visibility then Assembly order ;</li>
+     * <li>match a type assignable to the given type, in Visibility then Assembly order.</li>
+     * </ul>
+     *
+     * <p>Multiple <b>exact</b> matches with the same Visibility are <b>allowed</b> to enable polymorphic lookup/injection.</p>
+     * <p>Multiple <b>assignable</b> matches with the same Visibility are <b>allowed</b> for the very same reason.</p>
+     *
+     * <p>Type lookup is done lazily and cached.</p>
+     *
+     * @param type Looked up Type
+     *
+     * @return All matching ServiceReferences
+     * @throws AmbiguousTypeException when a type ambiguity is found
+     */
+    List<? extends ModelDescriptor> lookupServiceModels( Type type ) throws AmbiguousTypeException;
+
+    /**
+     * @return All visible Objects, in visibility order
+     */
+    Stream<ObjectDescriptor> allObjects();
+
+    /**
+     * @return All visible Transients, in visibility order
+     */
+    Stream<TransientDescriptor> allTransients();
+
+    /**
+     * @return All visible Values, in visibility order
+     */
+    Stream<ValueDescriptor> allValues();
+
+    /**
+     * @return All visible Entities, in visibility order
+     */
+    Stream<EntityDescriptor> allEntities();
+
+    /**
+     * @return All visible Services, in visibility order
+     */
+    Stream<? extends ModelDescriptor> allServices();
+}